Last Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “a spill of national significance.” The situation presents one of the greatest potential threats to our local economy and environm More...

Last week we examined the probability of Republicans picking up seats in Congress in this year’s midterm elections. These seats were won because of the economy and they may be lost because of the economy. The economy was bad in 2008. More...